穢土

Chinese

		dirt; filth	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
trad. (穢土)		穢	土
simp. (秽土)		秽	土

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huìtǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai³ tou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huìtǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huèitǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hui⁴-tʻu³
    • Yale: hwèi-tǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueytuu
    • Palladius: хуэйту (xuejtu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai³ tou²
    • Yale: wai tóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai³ tou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei³ tou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³³ tʰou̯³⁵/

Noun

穢土

1. (Buddhism) impure land; earthly realm; land of the living
2. dirt; mud

Synonyms

• (dirt): 髒土／脏土 (zāngtǔ)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “impure land”): 淨土／净土 (jìngtǔ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (穢土):

• → Japanese: 穢土(えど) (edo)
• → Korean: 예토(穢土) (yeto)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
穢	土
え Hyōgaiji	ど Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) え​ど [éꜜdò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [e̞do̞]

Noun

穢(え)土(ど) • (edo) 

1. (Buddhism) The Impure Land; the earthly realm, the land of the living.

Antonyms

• 浄土(じょうど) (jōdo)